PARRICIDES

Noun

parricides

plural of parricide

Source: Wiktionary


PARRICIDE

Par"ri*cide, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]

1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.

2. Etym: [L. parricidium.]

Definition: The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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